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Bloomington, Ind. - Solid Waste Management District Seeks Managing Director 

MANAGING DIRECTOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT The Monroe County Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors seeks to fill the position of Managing...

Waste Management Names General Counsel 

Lynn Schenkman

Houston -- Waste Management Inc. has named Rick L. Wittenbraker senior vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer. Wittenbraker will...

Stericycle Q3 Revenues, Income Up 

Lynn Schenkman

Lake Forest, Ill. -- Stericycle Inc. has reported revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 were $113.2 million, up 11 percent from $102 million in...

Allied Reports Revenues Up 

Lynn Schenkman

Scottsdale, Ariz. -- Allied Waste Industries Inc. has reported revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 were $1.394 billion, up from $1.38 billion...

Waste Connections Reports Q3 Results 

Lynn Schenkman

Folsom, Calif. -- Waste Connections Inc. has reported revenues of $146.2 million, a 9.5 percent increase compared to revenue of $133.5 million in the...

WMI Announces Q3 Results 

Lynn Schenkman

Houston -- Waste Management Inc. has announced revenues for the third quarter of 2003, ended Sept. 30, were $2.98 billion compared with $2.90 billion...

Waste Industries Reports Q3 Results 

Lynn Schenkman

Raleigh, N.C. -- Waste Industries USA Inc. has reported revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2003, was $70.8 million compared to $65 million for the...

Senate Confirms Leavitt 

Lynn Schenkman

Washington D.C. -- The Senate has confirmed Republican Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by a vote of 88-8....

Smurfit-Stone Slims Operations, Cuts Jobs 

Lynn Schenkman

Chicago -- Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. has announced it will close a plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and cut back U.S. operations. The changes will result...

NSWMA Testifies Against NYC Waste Plan 

Lynn Schenkman

Washington, D.C. --The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) presented testimony Oct. 22 to the New York City Council Committee on Sanitation...

NSR Rule Published; States React 

Lynn Schenkman

Washington, D.C. -- The New Source Review (NSR) rule for equipment replacement was published in the Federal Register Oct. 27 and will become effective...

Rural Residents Struggle to Stave Off City Trash 

Lynn Schenkman

Atlanta -- As industry leaders report that AtlantaÂ’s landfill space could reach capacity by next year, residents of rural cities and counties are reacting...

Former WMI Executives Settle SEC Charges 

Lynn Schenkman

Houston -- Two former executives of Waste Management Inc. have settled charges of insider trading and fraud with the Securities and Exchange Commission...

Pennsylvania Senator Proposes to Get Tough on Landfills 

Lynn Schenkman

Harrisburg, Pa. -- Pennsylvania Sen. John Rafferty says he plans to introduce legislation requiring stronger guidelines for landfill operators and more...

EPA Proposes Change to Hazardous Waste Rule 

Lynn Schenkman

Washington, D.C. -- In order to increase recycling of hazardous wastes, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a change to federal...

Pennsylvania Senator Proposes to Get Tough on Landfills 

Lynn Schenkman

Harrisburg, Pa. -- Pennsylvania Sen. John Rafferty says he plans to introduce legislation requiring stronger guidelines for landfill operators and more...

Waste Industries Schedules Q3 Conference Call 

Lynn Schenkman

Raleigh, N.C. -- Waste Industries USA Inc. will discuss third quarter financial results during a conference call and Webcast at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard...

SWANA Announces New President 

Lynn Schenkman

Silver Spring, Md. -- John Skinner, executive director and chief executive officer of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), has announced...

EPA Announces WasteWise Winners 

Lynn Schenkman

Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented 13 businesses and organizations with WasteWise Partner of the Year Awards...

California Raises Beverage Container Refunds 

Lynn Schenkman

Sacramento -- Outbound California Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill Oct. 12 that will increase the refund value of beverage containers in an attempt to raise...

Commissioners Jailed for Landfill Protest 

Lynn Schenkman

Atlanta -- County commissioners from Taliaferro County, Georgia, approximately 100 miles southeast of Atlanta, were jailed Oct. 14 for resisting plans...

England to Pass Recycling Law 

Lynn Schenkman

London -- The Household Waste Recycling Bill has passed through Parliament and is awaiting royal assent, according to news sources. The new law will require...

Waste Management to Move on Florida Purchases 

Lynn Schenkman

Houston -- Antitrust officials at the Justice Department will allow Waste Management Inc. to buy $75 million to $80 million in stocks and assets of Scottsdale,...

EPA Seeks Border Projects 

Lynn Schenkman

San Francisco --The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the availability of $1.2 million in grants for environmental projects along...

Garbage Workers Strike Deal 

Lynn Schenkman

Chicago -- Garbage workers who went on a nine-day strike last week walked away with a settlement that exceeded some expectations, according to news sources....